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Santa’s Belly Cookies

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  • Prep 40 min
  • Total 1 hr 20 min
  • Ingredients 5
  • Servings 24
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These fun and festive cookies are sure to add a little bit of jolly to your holiday! Also great to leave out for Santa and his helpers.
Updated Apr 28, 2021
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Ingredients

  • 1 package (16 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Ready to Bake!™ Sugar Cookie Dough (24 Count)
  • 24 large marshmallows
  • 1 container (1 lb) vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting
  • Red, yellow and black gel food colors
  • 48 white vanilla baking chips (for Santa’s suit buttons)

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. On ungreased cookie sheet, place dough rounds 2 inches apart. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Meanwhile, slightly flatten marshmallows.
  • 2
    Remove from oven, and top each cookie with marshmallow. Return to oven, and bake 1 to 2 minutes or until slightly softened.
  • 3
    Remove cookies from cookie sheets; cool completely on cooling racks. Meanwhile, separate frosting into 3 small bowls, using 1 1/4 cups to make red frosting, 1/4 cup for yellow frosting and 1/4 cup for black frosting. Add food color to each, and mix to get desired colors (red, yellow and black). Frost and decorate cookies to look like Santa’s belly, using photo as a guide.

Tips from the Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    As an alternative to yellow and black frosting, try using colorful candies (black licorice, gumdrops, mini candy-coated chocolates) to customize Santa’s belt and buckle.
  • tip 2
    Store cookies in covered container.
  • tip 3
    It does help to flatten the marshmallows slightly before frosting if they seem too puffy.

Nutrition Information

180 Calories, 6g Total Fat, 0g Protein, 30g Total Carbohydrate, 22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
180
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
6g
10%
Saturated Fat
3g
14%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
95mg
4%
Potassium
10mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
30g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
22g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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